In the 7/7/04 Stefan says that he "got real bored last year." This echoes the tone of Stefan's interview in 12/05/03. When Cali told him then that he felt the band was alive, he responded with surprise.

Stefan's interest in taking some time off is no surprise. His baby was born in March, and he wants to spend time with it. He also says specifically that he hopes he won't have any more work to do as of December.

Since the tour ends on September 8th,2004--this implies that they should be able to finish the new album in September/October/November of this year.

Pharrell Williams a member of N.E.R.D. and Jurassic 5 is mentioned as a possible producer on the new DMB album. Dr. Dre also comes up but Stefan says the band has no commitments from these producers. He does say that he would like to have a "collective of producers" on the album.